Of the issues that must be resolved for both North and South Sudan to move forward, few are as critical as the contested region of Abyei, scene of the recent Sudanese Armed Forces large-scale military invasion. The Enough Project has long been tracking developments in the disputed flashpoint region, with the aid of the Satellite Sentinel Project and our field researchers, as well as veteran multimedia journalist Tim Freccia. This multimedia timeline tracks developments on the ground in Abyei that have unfolded during the past several months, as talks at the political level between the two parties continued to yield no solution to the region’s status.
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